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raindrops

noun

plural of raindrop

as in tears

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And one of the most common causes is a problem with the meibomian glands, the oil glands in the eyelids that keep tears from drying up too fast.

— Maria Godoy, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Game 99 at Gold Coast provided a good rehearsal for Arrow’s big night in Sydney, but brought humour through the tears.

— Michael Bailey, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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To keep the two evenly blended without weighing down the texture, The Ordinary instead uses a high-pressure microfluidizer to break the mixture into smaller, more uniform droplets.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 6 Sep. 2026
Cloud seeding − introducing particles such as silver iodide into clouds to cause water droplets to freeze and fall as precipitation − is not new, but measuring its real-world success has been elusive.

— Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

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